Cathryn Rose Culver was born to Mr. and Mrs. Will E. Ferrell, January 6, 1902, in Lander, the fifth child of the family. She attended Lander and Edna, Kan. Schools. Later she received nurses training at the Southeast Kansas Hospital in Coffeyville,

She and Lafe E. Culver were married on February 25, 1921, in Independence, Kan. After their marriage they moved to Casper in the spring of 1921 and lived there until 1932, then the family moved to Rock Springs. In 1942 they moved to Lusk where they have resided ever since. She was a member of the Church of Christ.